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OPERATIVE DOCTRINE

Impactaris is on a mission to make marketing services accessible to small businesses.

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Marketing Roles Businesses Create Without Understanding

Some marketing roles look strategic on paper but collapse under the weight of unclear authority and undefined outcomes.

The Difference Between a Marketing Hire and a Marketing System

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The Hidden Cost of Training an Internal Marketing Hire

What looks like a simple hire often becomes an invisible tax on momentum — this piece uncovers the hidden friction most leaders don’t see until growth slows.

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The Skill‑Stack Myth: Why One Marketer Can’t Do It All

Most marketing hires fail long before performance is measured—because the role itself is built on an impossible assumption.

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What Actually Happens After You Hire a “Marketing Manager”

Hiring a marketing manager is often framed as a turning point—the moment marketing becomes “real.”

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Why Hiring a Single Marketing Employee Rarely Solves the Problem

Most companies don’t fail at marketing because they lack talent.
They fail because marketing is treated as a position instead of an operating system.

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Why Most Marketing Hires Are Underqualified by Design

Most marketing underperformance is not personal failure — it is budget architecture forcing generalists to solve specialist problems.

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Why Your First Marketing Hire Becomes a Bottleneck

The first marketing hire is usually made with optimism, but the expectations rarely materialize.

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